"If Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox corporation succeeds it will cement his control of our media. Politics will be yet more nationalist, right-wing and xenophobic; governments will be even deeper in his pocket.

"The takeover bid is bogged down in a regulatory process that could drag on to the summer. We’ve got just a few months to make sure it doesn’t go through.

"Donate to the CPBF’s £20,000 appeal and together we can stop it. It would be a long-overdue and unprecedented setback for the UK’s biggest media baron.

"Even though he’s agreed a deal to sell off most of his film and TV assets to Disney, the Sky bid is still going ahead.

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BECTU is the UK's media and entertainment trade union; sectors covered include broadcasting, film, independent production, theatre and the arts, IT and telecoms, live events, leisure and digital media.